years of economic policies. so that's what i think is the real matter there. >> the new labor report that we were just talking about a minute ago shows the unemployment rate, as we said, under 8%. i just want to -- i forgot about a piece of sound that we have to listen to. for the last four months, mitt romney has used this 8% number as a political talking point. my apologies for forgetting about this, but i want us to take a listen to that. >> we've gone 41 months with unemployment above 8%. >> we now have 42 straight months with unemployment above 8%. >> still over 8%, for 43 straight months. >> we've had 43 straight months with unemployment above 8%. >> now you're saying that those -- some people are saying those numbers are cooked. let's not get into that. but here you hear him saying it over and over and over again. do you just simply believe that number is not true? >> no, look, i'm going to trust what the bureau of labor and statistics says. i worked in the commerce department, we used to talk about this